Volunteering for
The Scottish Society of Ottawa

Join our great volunteer team and share the experience; help out the SSO; build the Scottish community and make new friends and contacts!

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers year round to assist with all of our events and those that we attend including the Summer Highland Games in Maxville, and Almonte, and the New Edinburgh Street-fest.

This is just one of the many exciting events and projects we look forward to sharing with Ottawa residents and beyond. We think there’s an appetite for a number of Scottish themed events, from Burns suppers to discussions of current affairs, from gathering to watch sporting events to Scottish dance and music.

We need a great team of leaders and volunteers to work together to build the organization, folks to plan and execute Hogmanay Ceilidh 2025, our Gala Burns Supper, a festival of Scottish-themed events running through December and January for our Annual OttScot Festival, and to coordinate our National Great Canadian Kilt Skate.

Volunteer terms run from May to April. All volunteers must agree to adhere to our Volunteer Code of Conduct.

Current vacancies

Board MEMBERS

• Webmaster / Technical Support - The Scottish Society of Ottawa (SSO) a not-for-profit organization that promotes Scottish Culture in the Ottawa area and beyond. The SSO is seeking a volunteer with skills in basic website building, maintenance and management, newsletter production, computer network and audio visual tasks to support our communications team. This person would be responsible for:

  • Monthly Newsletter: Formatting and publishing the monthly newsletter (from final edited state)

  • Coordinating and posting articles submitted by members on time

  • Planning and implementing updates to the SSO website, including:

    • Review of current website software and arrangement and recommendations for functional and user-friendly improvements

    • Use of consistent graphics

    • A logical page structure architecture

    • Integration with commercial / shopping functions for membership, event ticketing and merchandise purchases

  • Training designated team member(s) to carry out these tasks in future

  • Internet Communications Software & Audio Visual event equipment, including:

    • advice and recommendations

    • on-site set-up as required

  • Skills required:

    • Familiarity with website publishing tools including HTML

    • Experience with newsletter software (e.g., Mailchimp or similar)

    • Experience with Commercial / shopping aspects of website (e.g. Square Space)

    • Strong project management and organizational skills commitment to deadlines

    • Ability to coordinate and collaborate with a volunteer team

  • Time commitment: Review and renovations of Website, more focused over the first 1-2 months, then, several hours per month, flexible with occasional peaks around major events.

• Communications Team Coordinator: The Scottish Society of Ottawa (SSO) a not-for-profit organization that promotes Scottish Culture in the Ottawa area and beyond. The SSO is seeking a volunteer with skills in planning and coordinating the marketing and communications outreach of SSO Events to the wider community. The Communications Team Coordinator will work closely with the Communications Director and team to implement the Communications Schedule in a timely manner. Reach out to similarly minded groups for cross-promotion of events. Some skills and attributes would include scheduling and resource management software, ability to diplomatically work with people, a desire to help the SSO be the centre of Scottish Canadian culture in our region.

If you have any feedback, suggestions or would like to get involved, please let us know by submitting the form below.

The Scottish Society of Ottawa thanks you for your past, present and future commitment and support!